ComradeWasabi

The Vokoun goal was more spectacular, simply because of Vokoun's reaction and the way he flew up and out of the net.

The 2nd period quite literally put me to sleep. I woke up once in overtime and again when it was all over, haha.

In Havlat's defense, he has been healthy all year this time. Gaborik, not so much.

I love that video.

Kovalev? hahahaha!

Thank you for this picture.

Matt Ellis had two goals and an assist for Buffalo. Good for him, glad he's finding success elsewhere.

Coolio, thanks.

Any indication that would suggest that Chelios and Lebs are gonna be scratches in favour of Meech? Or just a hunch given both played Thursday?

Good stuff. I am excited for a Canada-Sweden final again.

Did Russia win? I am quite a bit too lazy to check Wikipedia myself.

The divisions are usually predictable except the Northwest, although Vancouver is a favourite now. The rest of it, though.. Chicago will make the playoffs. Anaheim will. No idea about the rest.

Jeez, it's only January, who the f*** knows?

Man that video of Flip's goal took me right back to that game. What a ******* sick goal, incredible.

Most of the goals McCollum let in tonight were WEAK.

That plays into my argument pretty well actually If Ovechkin had hit Malkin into the boards like this then I would consider it more likely that he meant to hit him, as they have history. Heward, on the other hand... it makes no sense for AO to board him intentionally.

You're generalizing his statement unfairly. Whether or not a player is known as a dirty player DOES matter when it comes down to passing out suspensions for two reasons: 1) if there is a history of head hits etc. then the league is more likely to enforce discipline against the player. 2) if the player is known for high hits or cheap shots, then there is likely to be intent behind the hit. the way I see it, as Ovechkin has always seemed to be completely open, honest and for the most part clean while playing very hard, I find it hard to believe that he hit Heward in the head intentionally. Much more likely to me that it was incidental contact.

Of course it does. I think we can all accept that we are massive homers on this board.

The AO hit might have been worth a boarding call, and MAYBE a one-game suspension because of incidental elbow-neck contact (that is a scary thought). But this is NOTHING like the Kostopolous-Van Ryn hit. Look how far out Van Ryn was, look how hard Kostopolous ran him into the boards, note that Ovechkin didn't have his elbow aimed right at Heward's head while Kostopolous clearly put his hands up and shoved Van Ryn face first into the glass. There is no comparison between these hits.

It wasn't a reply to your post as much as it was a jab directed at LGW's tendency to complain about anything and everything about the Wings.

I really want this statement to not be true, but in my heart of hearts I know that this is exactly the case.

If Hossa was scoring all of our goals, I'm sure someone would be saying we need to worry about our second-tier players like Cleary and Huds needing to step up more.

Chanting "Detroit sucks!" is probably the most juvenile thing that could have happened for that crowd. Seriously, regardless of what team you like, the Red Wings do not suck; Atlanta sucks. Florida and Tampa suck. The Islanders suck. Detroit does not. The last time saying that a team sucked was a serious insult was when I was in grade 3 and the nickname "Chris Osbad" was popular here in Ontario.

I wasn't really thinking about their homer rating, just the way that their voices sound. I'm so used to Ken and Mick that it's just weird having other people call games, especially on other Fox Sports networks like they have in San Jose and Nashville. I don't mind the actual commentary from San Jose's crew, now that you point it out. Also, how about Jim Fox? The way he ends his sentences drives me ******* batty. Anybody who's listened to an FS-Kings broadcast before knows what I'm talking about... he's just so ******* monotone. at the end when he says "every player should have". Imagine that tone, but repeated on every single sentence of colour commentary he offers throughout the game.

Him and Hank had three apiece.